Honor Play 30 Review: Best Entry Level Smartphone

An entry-level phone would always have a shabby configuration of 4+64GB. Although the price is much cheaper, in actual use, small-capacity storage can be said to be stretched everywhere.

A simple WeChat can almost take up the storage space of the mobile phone. If you want to take a few photos or videos, you must think carefully about whether to delete some chat records to ensure enough space.

Therefore, in this day and age, our most basic requirement for an entry-level machine is at least enough built-in storage. The recently released Honor Play 30 series was the first to set an example. All series are 128GB versions, vowing to create a new trend of large-capacity in the entry-level phone market.

In addition, not only has large storage, but other configurations of the Honor Play 30 are also powerful in the same price range.

Honor Play 30 is equipped with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 480 Plus entry-level 5G processor, which not only adds support for 5G networks compared to the previous generation but also supports the 5G dual-card dual-standby function. Both cards can enjoy a high performance at the same time. internet speed.

In addition, this chip has an excellent energy consumption ratio based on TSMC’s 8nm process. With a large 5000mAh battery, the Honor Play 30 can be said to be the next 5G battery life king, and its battery life performance is excellent.

Next, we simply experience this product. Let’s see if mass storage is really useful, and how amazing its battery life is.

Design & Appearance

The front of the Honor Play 30 is a 720P LCD screen, which adopts the shape of a full-screen water droplet, and the screen ratio is average. After all, the price is so high that you can’t ask for too much. We received the black version with a mirror finish on the back, which looks deep and textured. The Honor Play 30 is only equipped with a rear 13-megapixel lens, and the rectangular rear camera module adopts a golden decorative frame, which has an extra touch of luxury and is very beautiful. On the side are the power button and volume button, and the SIM card slot is set on the other side.

In terms of interface, the upper and lower dual microphones, in addition to the speaker opening and Type-C port, there is also a 3.5mm audio interface at the bottom. A protective case, charger, and charging cable are included as an extra in the box.

Experience

As an entry-level phone, the Honor Play 30 is the first in the same series to support 5G networks, and it can also achieve more advanced 5G dual-card dual-standby functions.

Insert two cards, both cards can realize the 5G standby function and display the 5G icon. Intelligent switching can also be achieved between cards, automatic signal selection, and the smooth 5G high-speed network can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere. Even if you do not have a 5G package, you can still enjoy the convenience of a 5G network.

Using Speed-test to measure the speed, the download can reach 351Mbps, which easily reaches the upper limit of the 4G package network speed, which is at least several times faster than the speed of a 4G mobile phone. The next few G games and movies only need less than 1 minute. is complete.

When the signal conditions are not good, the Honor Play 30 can also realize the function of four-network integration and two-network concurrency.

It will give priority to using the 5G Wi-Fi network, and then use 2.4G Wi-Fi and 5G mobile network as a guarantee. You don’t have to worry about signal dead zones when playing games and watching videos, which can minimize the situation of freezing/dropping.

The Honor Play 30 only has a single rear camera, but in the case of good daylight, the image quality is still very good. No matter the color or the resolution of the main camera, it can be comparable to the performance of the high-end phone. There is even a good HDR effect, which can capture the details of the light and dark parts at the same time. Recording daily life, this main camera is enough.

Performance

Visually convert the space into resources, it can store 1,000 pieces of music, 100 episodes of TV series, and 26,500 photos. For ordinary people to fill up this storage space, it takes a lot of effort.

Installed a full-screen application and cached 52 episodes of animations from station B. As a result, the storage footprint was only 66GB. Replaced with the original 4+64GB “Beggar Edition”, the pop-up window has been crazy at this time, reminding me to clear the space. The standard 128GB Honor Play 30 is still easy to use and can be used normally.

In addition, Honor Play 30 also has a unique skill, that is, the smart storage expansion function.

It has the advantage of large-capacity storage in itself, and the Honor Play 30 can also expand the built-in storage space of 2GB based on the original 8GB storage space for use. Regardless of the smoothness of the daily startup of the APP, or the background keeps alive rate, it has been greatly improved.

Let’s do a simple little test, download the top-ranked APP in the app store, and cover a screen.

Start each APP twice in turn, and the Honor Play 30 can ensure that almost all applications are running in the background. Open one or two applications at random, and the program can be opened in seconds, without the long wait for cold start again.

The Honor Play 30 is also equipped with the latest Snapdragon 480 Plus processor. Compared with the previous Snapdragon 480, its GPU frequency has increased from 2.0GHz to 2.2GHz, and the frame rate performance during games will be more stable.

Let’s test it directly with the most popular MOBA mobile game “Honor of Kings”.

With all available picture quality options turned on to the highest level, the average frame rate of Honor Play 30 to play “Honor of Kings” reached 59.97 FPS, and the minimum frame rate was 56 FPS, which can be said to be quite stable.

After the game, we also measured the temperature by the way. The highest temperature of the back cover is only 37.3 ℃. It can be said that the Honor Play 30 can not only meet the needs of the smooth running of mainstream mobile games but also achieve low temperature and calmness.

Battery

Honor Play 30 has a large 5000mAh battery and extremely low-power hardware configuration. It can be said that battery life is his forte.

Using the battery dog ​​to continuously run 3D games, videos, web pages, and other test scenarios, the Honor Play 30 consumes 66% of the power in 10 hours and 49 minutes, and the battery life can reach about 16 hours when fully charged. This result is quite exaggerated.

What kind of concept is it that the continuous heavy use can last up to 16 hours?

This means that with Honor Play 30, whether you are watching TV shows, listening to songs, or simply browsing the web and chatting, you can last all day. When fully charged, you can finish more than 20 episodes of TV series in one go without any anxiety about battery life.

And according to the power statistics, when the screen off is not used, the power curve of the Honor Play 30 is closer to a straight line, and the power loss is less than 10% a day. Charging once a week is no problem.

Using the original 10W charger to charge, the whole process takes 154 minutes, that is, it can be fully charged in about 2.5 hours. The battery life of the Honor Play 30 is very strong, so it is just right to charge it when you go to bed.

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Verdict

The elders in the family can be said to be the biggest customers of the phone entry phone. And they often have various complaints such as insufficient space and network interruptions. In the final analysis, the quality of the entry-level phone is uneven, and ordinary users will inevitably be fooled.

The Honor Play 30 blew the horn of a high-quality entry-level phone. Not only does it have the most advanced 5G network, but you can enjoy the highest gigabit-speed network with a delay of only a few milliseconds; it also starts with a unified large built-in storage, the whole system is 128GB, and it can have an additional 2GB of storage through smart storage expansion. ; Plus 5000mAh of heroic power. The phone does not have to be ready, you can enjoy the convenience of technology.

The larger built-in storage allows elders to take more photos, store more music, install more apps, store more WeChat chat records, and no longer need to worry about what is important and what should be deleted.

In addition to storage, the Honor Play 30 also comes standard with 8GB of storage and smart storage expansion. A total of 10GB of storage can make it smoother in use, without worrying about killing the background, and switching between applications is more comfortable.

In addition, the battery life of Honor Play 30 is even more impressive. It can be used for up to 16 hours under heavy use, that is to say, it can be used continuously for two days and one charge, and it can last for a week with intermittent use. As for the slower charging, it’s just fine when done while sleeping.

Its chip, the Snapdragon 480 Plus, not only saves power but also performs well. “Honor of Kings” easily runs at full frame, and it is not hot. It also supports a 5G dual card dual standby, you can also enjoy the most advanced fast network when you travel out.

With an excellent 13-megapixel rear camera, the Honor Play 30 can be said to be good at storage and battery life, but it can meet daily needs in other aspects.

it is a well-deserved high-quality large-capacity storage battery life king. If you are just picking an entry-level phone, you might as well try it.